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created by <a href="https://community.jboss.org/people/pi4630">Pasquale Imbemba</a> in <i>Beginner's Corner</i> - <a href="https://community.jboss.org/message/714061#714061">View the full discussion</a>
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I'm trying to access a reference (SLSB that implements a remote interface) from a remote client.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><pre class="jive-pre"><code class="jive-code">
try {
            Context ctxt = new InitialContext(p);
            ArrayList<String> listOfBeans = getBeanNames("Bean", ctxt);
            for (int i = 0; i < listOfBeans.size(); i++) {
                NamingEnumeration<Binding> b = ctxt.listBindings(listOfBeans.get(i));
                while (b.hasMore()) {
                    Binding bind = b.next();
                    if (bind.getName().contains(string.toString().subSequence(0, string.toString().length()))) {
                       
                       
                       Object ref = bind.getObject();
                        doer = (IDoSmthg) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(ref, IDoSmthg.class);
                       
                        doer = (IDoSmthg)ref;
                        return doer;
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (NamingException nE) {
            nE.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }
</code></pre><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>According to JNDI API, getObject() retrieves the object bound to the name of the binding. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>From the API book available online:</p><blockquote class="jive-quote"><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>When you use Context.listBindings(), you get back an enumeration of Binding(in the API reference documentation). You can invoke getObject()(in the API reference documentation) on each </p><p>Binding to obtain the object in that binding. The result of getObject() is the same as that obtained by looking up the object by using Context.lookup()(in the API reference documentation).</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p></blockquote><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>So I'd expect that the narrowing would have been working. But it can't cast it, I get a javax.naming.Reference cannot be cast to org.omg.CORBA.Object Exception. In Debug, I see that what getObject() returns me, is a javax.naming.Reference.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>How do I get this casted correctly, so to make a call on it? I know this is not the documented way to do it, but my approach shall solve: I know the Interface, search the bean on JNDI that implements it, get the reference, make the call.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Thanks in advance!</p></div>
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